Aircraft brake temperature control system
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsUtsav Oza, Kurt Bruggemann, Rob Hurley
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Abstract
An aircraft brake temperature control system (BTCS) 100 for controlling a temperature of a brake 220 of a landing gear 201 of the aircraft 200. The BTCS 100 includes a controller 110 configured to cause at least one fluid moving device 230, 231, 232 to drive a flow of fluid onto the brake 220, selectively in one of a plurality of modes, to control the temperature of the brake 220. The BTCS 100 may be incorporated into an aircraft system 1000 with at least one fluid moving device 230, 231, 232, wherein the aircraft system is on an aircraft 200.
Claims17
An aircraft brake temperature control system for controlling a temperature of a brake of a landing gear of an aircraft, the aircraft brake temperature control system comprising:
- a controller configured to cause at least one fluid moving device to drive a flow of fluid onto the brake, selectively in one of a plurality of modes, to control the temperature of the brake, wherein in at least one of the modes the at least one fluid moving device drives the flow of fluid onto the brake while the aircraft is airborne.
A method of controlling a temperature of a brake of a landing gear of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- causing at least one fluid moving device to drive a flow of fluid onto the brake, selectively in one of a plurality of modes to control the temperature of the brake,
- wherein the causing, in at least one of the plurality of modes, is performed to cause the flow of the at least one fluid onto the brake while the aircraft is airborne.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a set of computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a controller of an aircraft brake temperature control system for an aircraft, cause the controller to cause at least one fluid moving device to drive a flow of fluid onto a brake of a landing gear of an aircraft, while the aircraft is airborne, to control a temperature of the brake.
A fluid movement system for moving fluid along a surface of a brake of a wheel of an aircraft, the fluid movement system comprising:
- a controller configured to determine an extent of operation of a powered conveyor that moves the fluid along the surface of the brake by forced convection of the fluid generated by the powered conveyor,
- wherein the controller is configured to cause the powered conveyor to move the fluid along the surface of the brake while the aircraft is airborne.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.